Authored by: billsimmon on Tuesday, February 20 2007 @ 04:11 PM

Spine was the first Candleblog team member after me, so he is well aware of our No Cat Blogging rule, in effect since Candleblog's first day: April 15th, 2004. He will be punished.

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Authored by: DanZ on Tuesday, February 20 2007 @ 04:28 PM

From my location here at 12,000ft and my relatively low bandwidth, it is impossible for me to reply with more photos of cats.... to say nothing of the general unavailability of cats at this altitude. As I fight to retain consciousness and to avoid sawing off yet another extremity to provide sustenance for myself and my cavemates I have the opportunity to watch an excellent video on YouTube of Nora, the Piano Playing Cat. I'm sure if you google it you can find it quickly, but I'm really growing too weak and can't afford to take the time or keystrokes with this rudimentary browser i've cobbled together with bits of string, some duct tape and the handle of my ice axe to post a direct link. good luck and may we greet each other with joy in the shadow world of heroes after ragnarrok. but i'm growing weaker ... weaker ...

... okay, i'm not dead yet... but this brings up an interesting characteristic of web2pointOH: information is so readily available that including links is really more work than is necessary. if we take the time to communicate keywords that return highly relevant google results, the syntax is almost trivial and the content is more informative than any XML, as in the "Nora" example above. we can even simplify the requirement by not forcing keyword relevancy when the context alone suffices, like "mentos guy" where the cultural commonality creates meme-like keyword patterns in the mind of the reader who is then free to use whatever search method returns the desired result. even better is dropping the requirement of a specific result and simply allow any of a general set of result to become a signifier proxy ("proxifier"). the term 'mentos guy' need neither be googled nor lead to a google search at all. frankly, i'm as happy restricting my texting to memes as i am browsing overlycute. after all, it's not like i'm learning ajax or designing synchronous fast packet switching testbed sandbox server mode failover redundancy coding optimization compilers.

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Authored by: DanZ on Tuesday, February 20 2007 @ 04:39 PM

pweez don't yew at me biw simmon!

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Authored by: Katie on Tuesday, February 20 2007 @ 05:39 PM

Is punitive catblogging on Candleblog kind of like what cats themselves
do when they wish to punish their people for neglecteing them--pee in
inappropriate places?

I have to say, though, I like this picture. Gorgeous kitty.

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Authored by: Libbylu99 on Tuesday, February 20 2007 @ 07:02 PM

Did Dan remove kitty's ears (between extremeties) up there on the mountain?

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Authored by: DanZ on Tuesday, February 20 2007 @ 10:44 PM

Meeeew! We Wuv Biw Simmon!

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Authored by: DanZ on Tuesday, February 20 2007 @ 10:49 PM

It's a "scottish fold"

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Authored by: Spine on Wednesday, February 21 2007 @ 12:48 AM

I have to say, though, I like this picture. Gorgeous kitty.

Why thank you! Perhaps you'll like this picture too!

And this one!

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Palabra Jot

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Authored by: billsimmon on Wednesday, February 21 2007 @ 01:20 AM

I'll kill us all.

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Authored by: arthur on Wednesday, February 21 2007 @ 01:51 AM

No. I'll kill us all.

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Authored by: arthur on Wednesday, February 21 2007 @ 01:55 AM

I mean I'll kill us all.

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Authored by: DanZ on Wednesday, February 21 2007 @ 06:45 AM

I like that.

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Authored by: DanZ on Wednesday, February 21 2007 @ 06:51 AM

Maia

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Authored by: davidt on Thursday, February 22 2007 @ 09:19 AM

OK...SO..NO CATBLOGGING???
i WON'T TELL YOU HOW DISCRIMINATORY THAT IS!
ABOUT 4 YEARS AGO...WHILE IN FRONT OF BORDERS BOOKS HERE IN BTOWN,I HADN'T SEEN BILL IN A WHILE AND I ASKED WHAT HE WAS UP TO.
HIS RESPONSE WAS'WELL,HAVE YOU SEEN MY BLOG??'
WHILE I ADMIT BEING A BIT OF NOVICE AT THIS CMPUTER THING COMPARED TO THE REST OF YOU TRUE DORKS,I HAVE JOINED THE FOLD.FRANKLY ,I HAVE MISSED YOU ALL FOR YEARS!!ESPECIALLY THOSE FAR AWAY.
HOWEVER, TO LIVE IN A WORLD ...ALBIET A CYBER WORLD...WITHOUT ACCESS TO THE ABSOLUTE GLORIOUS BEHAVIOR OF KITTYCATS,IT MAY MAKE ME RECONSIDER MY PARTICIPATION HERE!!
LET'S END THE SILENCE AND THE SHAME.SILENCE EQUALS DEATH...THIS IS A REVOLUTION!!
ALLOW THE KITTY BLOGGING OR I WILL GO BACK INTO MY CYBER CLOSET FOR GOOD.KAPISH??
BILL....CAREFUL WITH YOUR RESPONSE.LOL

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Authored by: billsimmon on Thursday, February 22 2007 @ 03:10 PM

Why are you yelling?

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Authored by: MarkS on Thursday, February 22 2007 @ 03:14 PM

More cats!

I wuv wittw Kitties!! They're soooo kyooooot!

Candlebloggers For Cats!

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Authored by: Libbylu99 on Thursday, February 22 2007 @ 03:56 PM

Is there a dogblogging restriction as well? Bring on the PUPPIES!

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Authored by: billsimmon on Thursday, February 22 2007 @ 04:00 PM

Attention Candlebloggers: For all your cat and dog blogging needs, we have a sister site that has actually been nominated for a "pet blogging" award. It's NTodd's Dohiyi Mir, and you can get your furry fix here.

And on a related note, I'll kill us all. I swear.

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Authored by: davidt on Thursday, February 22 2007 @ 05:41 PM

oops..not yelling.sorry...cap lock off now

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Authored by: DanZ on Thursday, February 22 2007 @ 10:18 PM

WHAT?

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Authored by: MarkS on Friday, February 23 2007 @ 02:17 PM

DAVID ACCIDENTALLY LEFT THE "CAPS LOCK" ON.

CAN YOU HEAR ME NOW?

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Authored by: evening on Friday, February 23 2007 @ 05:01 PM

SSSHHH!!!!

And Libbylu needs to be banned. NO DOGS ALLOWED!

CATS RULE!!!

oh, right, no yelling. sorry, I get excited sometimes.

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